Washington Times - Business
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Filings for jobless aid, a proxy for layoffs, inch down modestly last week as uncertainty lingers
The number of Americans filing unemployment claims last week fell slightly as businesses continue to retain employees despite growing economic...
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Fictional fiction: A newspaper's summer book list recommends nonexistent books. Blame AI
The recommended reading list contained some works of fiction. It also contained some works that were, in fact, actually fictional.
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A wave of new owners brings fresh energy to independent bookselling
Amber Salazar is the kind of idealist you just knew would end up running a bookstore - a lifelong reader who felt angered "to the core" as she...
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Fewer study and work visas lead to halving in net migration in the U.K. in 2024
Fewer work and study visas contributed to a near-halving in net migration into the U.K. - the number of people moving to the U.K. minus the number...
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Wall Street sees mixed trading as 'big, beautiful bill' competes with bond market worries
Business leaders are cheering efforts to advance President Trump's tax cuts, but Wall Street is tempering celebrations.
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ABC brass urges 'The View' hosts to tone down the Trump criticism
Disney and ABC News executives have reportedly urged the co-hosts of the talk show "The View" to scale back their criticism of President Trump.
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House passes Trump agenda bill, sending massive tax and spending cut package to the Senate
The House early Thursday passed President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" containing sweeping tax and spending cuts, funding for border security and...
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House Republicans tweak 'big, beautiful bill' ahead of floor vote
House Republicans late Wednesday unveiled changes to the massive bill carrying President Trump's agenda, as they prepare for a floor vote on the...
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Trump asks Supreme Court to shut down 'intrusive' probe of DOGE
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to step in and shut down what the government called a "sweeping, intrusive" legal discovery...
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President Trump vows to turn the Kennedy Center around, remake arts and culture in America
President Donald Trump hosted the Kennedy Center 's leadership at the White House on Monday night, reinforcing how much attention he's devoting to...
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Tradition and change intertwine to create beauty at a century-old arboretum
Some places seem to communicate with you when you visit. Not audibly, of course, but they somehow impart the echo of a life lived long ago. That's...
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'Money does no good in a bank': World Central Kitchen's Jose Andres urges donors to give more
Jose Andres remembers when he went to Haiti after the devastating 2010 earthquake that the government estimates killed more than 300,000 people.